Losses of Livestock Decline in Australia Drought Tolls Reaches 1946
Canberra dispatch reports 1939 to 1946 drought damage across states. Sheep numbers dropped from a 125 million peak to losses totaling about 29 million in the year ending March 1946. NSW, Queensland, Victoria bore the heaviest cuts, with West Australia showing a slight rise. Cattle totals fell by roughly 260,000, dairy cattle down about 200,000, and beef herd down 51,000. Horses dropped to 1,265,000 in 1946 from prior highs.
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Canberra
West Australia
Commonwealth Statistician
Roland Wilson
New South Wales
Queensland
Victoria
Commonwealth
Tismania
Jos
South Australia
Tasmania
Jones
Australia
West Austeshia
Territory
Austala
Queensian
Northern Territory
Victorie
A.C.T
Australis
United States to use part of Naples harbor as naval base
Vice Admiral Bier commander of the American Mediterranean Fleet and the Naples harbor commander reported to have signed an accord on October 12 permitting the United States to use a portion of Naples harbor as a naval base according to the newspaper Messaggero.
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Rome
A.ap
Messaggero
United States Mediterranean
Naples
Bier
Allan
London hotel strike disrupts service at eleven venues
October reports from London show five hundred electrical maintenance workers striking in support of catering staff. Eleven hotels and five restaurants are affected, though most continue operating with limited disruption to service.
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London
AAP
Ing
Simung
Pres
Asoctation
Bikini Bomb Lessons From Radio Active Rain
A damaged report describes Bikini Atoll tests, detailing radioactive rain clouds and water contamination. It notes the cloud's size and movement, potential effects on New York Harbor, and the limited ability to wash contamination from buildings and harbors. It mentions Nagato as a top ship target and hints at continued coverage of the dangers.
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Rome
Tay
Ak Bodal Brent
New York
Manhatta
Bika
Manhattan
Tulidman
Bikini
Nagato
Raney
Grea
BibIn
Moscow press mocks US call to join invited assembly
A garbled Rasputin era style item reports sarcasm from Moscow about the United States declining to join an invited gathering. It mentions the International Assembly of Women and Mrs Rocee Vat with unclear references to government departments and urged registration.
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United States
America
Rocee
Salton
Davidson's Capricomis bid for Liberal Hope in Capricomis
Liberal candidate Charles William Davidson, veteran of two wars and former battalion commander, battles Army Minister Frank Forde in Capricomis. Described as an intensely keen soldier with a dour manner, Davidson's front line service in New Guinea and Malaya, plus a track record in farming and public service, frames his bid amid local political tensions.
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Salamaua
New
Salamans
Tait
Capricomnis
Mattie
Salama
Davidson
New Guinea
Charles Willem Davidson
Brisbane
Bundaberg
Cairns
Ratore
Mackay
Carminar
Rockhampton
Sumalion
Milne Bay
Bina
Fembu
Selemane
Dewsdeen
Raciter
Ait Venta
E Wit el Gas Sitar
Migar
Grove
Prion
Aig
Fevicewen Todustry
Ian Hesiny
Sydney Letter On Workplace Relations And Weather Forecasts
A Sydney letter discusses employee relations, noting that amenities alone do not solve issues and sharing a factory example where shifting shift times improved morale. It shifts to weather forecasting, describing its growth and the use of radar and remote instruments to study thunderstorms at Florida’s airfield and broader applications for aviation and shipping security.
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Sydney Techical College
Ustralian
Caples
Aix
Easu
Perso
United States Army
Sirfield
Florida
Reconstruction training scheme gains wider scope and aid
From Canberra October 11 the October issue of the Ministry of Post-war Reconstruction reports the training scheme supervised by universities. Over 30 percent of enrollees were under 21, with courses in social welfare teaching theology nursing librarianship and arts. Universities enrollments soar with living allowances and book funds. Training spans full and part time with options at evening lectures or by correspondence and extends to UK, Dominion, US, and colonial personnel.
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Canberra
Eee Sree
Wee Toe Wanna
Rilne Ang Soar
Uni
Mudy
United Kingdom
Dominion
United States
Netherlands
New Zealand
Siam
China
Burma
Malaya
India
Iraq
Universities Commission
Jewish gunmen seize payroll in Tel Aviv robbery
Three masked Jewish gunmen believed to belong to the Irgun Zvi Leumi held up a Tel Aviv cashier and escaped with 3000 pounds from a payroll after the cashier had drawn it from the bank.
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Jerusalem
Irgun
Zvi Leumi
Tel ‘Aviv
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